Re: password problem with rsync

2003-10-02 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
> > Both seem ugly to me. Of course, if you have enough control of the > > 'network' and can make sure it's not 'internet' bound and exposed, this > > can be done, as long as you trust the soft chewy center as well as those > > 'inside'. > > A! Please someone here talk in english. I am una

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-10-01 Thread Payal Rathod
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:45:00PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > > > > ftp wrappers, you mean something like ncftpget? Anymore??? > > Many more. wget for one. BTW, is rsync used to "mirror" a machine? I want to completely mirror the machine after ever few hours. e.g. when I go to www.qmail.org, I

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread jw schultz
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 05:17:07AM +, Payal Rathod wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:43:24PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > Thanks a lot for the excellent mail. Forgive for an additional copy to > you since this might go OT any moment. > > > If all you care about is copying: scp. If you don't c

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread jw schultz
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 05:12:18AM +, Payal Rathod wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:53:37PM -0400, Ron DuFresne wrote: > > You then have two choices, well, perhaps one; > > > > rsh and it's issues to combat > > > > or running in deamon mode as root and connecting to the deamon as root. > >

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Payal Rathod
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:43:24PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: Thanks a lot for the excellent mail. Forgive for an additional copy to you since this might go OT any moment. > If all you care about is copying: scp. If you don't care Ok, I want to overwrite already existing files too. > about securi

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Payal Rathod
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:53:37PM -0400, Ron DuFresne wrote: > You then have two choices, well, perhaps one; > > rsh and it's issues to combat > > or running in deamon mode as root and connecting to the deamon as root. > > Both seem ugly to me. Of course, if you have enough control of the > '

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Ron DuFresne
You then have two choices, well, perhaps one; rsh and it's issues to combat or running in deamon mode as root and connecting to the deamon as root. Both seem ugly to me. Of course, if you have enough control of the 'network' and can make sure it's not 'internet' bound and exposed, this can be

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:23:58PM +, Payal Rathod wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:15:42PM -0400, Ron DuFresne wrote: > > don't invlove the network levels, this is merely a filesystem to > > filesystem 'copy', with permission ,ownership retention. the ley is to > > do this uder an accoun

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Payal Rathod
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:15:42PM -0400, Ron DuFresne wrote: > don't invlove the network levels, this is merely a filesystem to > filesystem 'copy', with permission ,ownership retention. the ley is to > do this uder an account with the proper perms to read the filesystem > totally and use the

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Ron DuFresne
don't invlove the network levels, this is merely a filesystem to filesystem 'copy', with permission ,ownership retention. the ley is to do this uder an account with the proper perms to read the filesystem totally and use the proper rsync capabilities. This means as root under a unix like OS a

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Payal Rathod
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:02:29AM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:20:42PM +0530, Payal Rathod wrote: > > $ rsync --password-file=pass -e ssh -av legal.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/accounts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > > Please refer to the ssh documention for how to

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:20:42PM +0530, Payal Rathod wrote: > $ rsync --password-file=pass -e ssh -av legal.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/accounts > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Please refer to the ssh documention for how to setup ssh connections without being prompted (rsync does not do this for

Re: password problem with rsync

2003-09-30 Thread Ron DuFresne
First; The file should not need nor be set execuatable. It's a test file as far as rsync should be concerned. Now as to why it fails, that is another issue and others that know the code will have to answer that. Thanks, Ron DuFresne Payal Rathod wrote: Hi, I want to use rsync from a script